Comparison

Hill Lists vs Loch Arkaig Pine Forest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hill Lists

This app helps you track your hill walking achievements across the UK and Ireland. It includes data for thousands of hills and over 90 lists, allowing you to mark completed ascents, view statistics, and see route information. You can also track weather and share your location.

Highlights
  • Track thousands of UK and Ireland hills
  • Over 90 pre-defined hill lists
  • Mark completed ascents with dates and notes
  • View list progress and statistics
  • Map view of hills and routes
  • External route and weather information links
  • Data backup and sync
Features
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First released in 2009, this popular application includes data for almost 20,000 hills in the UK and Ireland, plus over 90 lists including ... Munros and Munro Tops, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, Furths, Marilyns, Wainwrights and Outlying Fells, Birketts, all County Tops and many more. Almost an entire lifetime of hill walking. If you run out, please let me know! FEATURES - Choose the lists you would like to complete, and view counts per list (hills completed, total and percentage) - View each list on a map, and animate your journey in the order climbed - Sort lists by section/book number/region, name, height, distance, date climbed or ascents - Add your own lists based on region, drop, height ... etc - View all ascents in the app, sorted by date climbed - View all hills in the app sorted alphabetically, by distance from your default location, section, height ... etc - Track completed hills by ticking those you have climbed, adding the date and any notes for each ascent - Supports multiple ascents (per hill) and multiple rounds (of lists) - See route information for popular hills, provided via external links to the Walk Highlands and MountainViews websites - View up-to-date weather information for selected regions in Scotland, Wales and England, provided by the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS) website - Share your location by email or SMS/text when you get to the top of each hill - See statistics of your ascents, e.g. a breakdown per month or by year, plus a list of most frequently climbed hills - Browse nearby hills on a map - Set your default location by searching for places or postcodes - Backup your data and sync it between devices using iCloud, Dropbox, AirDrop or email - Universal app, works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad DATA, ROUTES AND WEATHER The data for the UK and Ireland has been extracted from version 18.4 of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH), with kind permission from Chris Crocker and Alan Dawson. Route information for the Munros, Corbetts, most of the Grahams, Donalds, Wainwrights, Hewitts and most of the Trail 100 is provided via external links to the Walk Highlands website. Route information for all the lists in Ireland is provided via external links to the MountainViews website. Weather information for Scotland, England and Wales is provided by the MWIS website. SUPPORT Please use the link to my support page from the App Store page or from the app itself (or simply go to http://grahamhaley.co.uk/hills/). Alternatively, contact me directly via my support pages and you will get a quick response.

About

Loch Arkaig Pine Forest

Explore the cultural history, folklore, artwork, and wildlife of Loch Arkaig Pine Forest with an interactive audio tour. This GPS-enabled guide provides location-based content and notifications to enhance your visit, even when you're not on-site.

Highlights
  • Audio tour of cultural history and folklore
  • Information on local wildlife and artwork
  • GPS-enabled location-based content
  • Background location notifications
  • Power-efficient GPS and Bluetooth usage
Features
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This app is a visitor guide for Loch Arkaig Pine Forest, Achnacarry, Spean Bridge, Scotland. It includes an audio tour that brings to life the cultural history, folklore, art work and wildlife of this special place. Loch Arkaig Pine Forest is one of the UK’s last remaining fragments of native Caledonian pinewood. Woodland Trust Scotland and Arkaig Community Forest are working together to restore this ancient wood-land for nature and people. The app is GPS enabled. This is used to show you relevant content based on your location. Please note that you do not have to be at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in order to access any of the content in the app. The app also uses Location Services and Bluetooth Low Energy to determine your location when the app is running in the background. It will trigger notifications when you are close to a location of interest. We have used GPS and Bluetooth Low Energy in a power-efficient way. However, as with all apps that use location, please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Hill Lists4 screens
Loch Arkaig Pine Forest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hill Lists at 94% against Loch Arkaig Pine Forest's 0%. Hill Lists also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 33 months). Loch Arkaig Pine Forest's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Loch Arkaig Pine Forest is free to download; Hill Lists costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hill Lists ships an update every 3 months, Loch Arkaig Pine Forest every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hill Lists versus Loch Arkaig Pine Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHill ListsLoch Arkaig Pine Forest
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGraham HaleyWoodland Trust

Customer experience

Hill Lists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.7%

Loch Arkaig Pine Forest

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hill Lists

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App loses track of logged ascents
  • Some logged ascents not accounted correctly
  • Unable to delete 'Others' list
  • Lost all data/records/dates/notes
  • Navigation became difficult after an update

Requested features

27 requests
  • Export ascent list in plain text (e.g., CSV)
  • Ability to delete 'Others' list
  • Option to just tick hills without mandatory date
  • Add multiple dates climbed
  • See other people's lists and connect with users
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  • Add companion names to walks
  • Improved stats for unique peaks per time period
  • Add Tumps list
  • Definitions for hill categories
  • Record GPS tracks
  • Add photos to climbs
  • Downloadable map sections
  • Export lists to Dropbox in CSV
  • Add approximate dates to climbs
  • Search for specific regions and see comprehensive lists/maps
  • Add summit photos
  • Add picture of UK map for regional selection
  • Add personal comments to climbs
  • Display other hill names when touching pins on map
  • Central database for comments and route advice
  • Option to tag photos to each mountain climbed
  • Add multiple dates of ascent and individual notes to each date
  • Ability to search for specific regions and see a comprehensive list and map of hills in that area irrespective of which list they appear on
  • Possibility of adding 'summit' photos
  • Picture of the UK so I can see the various sections the mountain are broken up into at the start so I can click on a area of brittain I'm interested in
  • Planned option on the map (green for done, red for to do, orange for scheduled)
  • Actual name of the county when county tops are listed

Loch Arkaig Pine Forest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hill Lists

No in-app purchases

None

Loch Arkaig Pine Forest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hill Lists free?
Hill Lists costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loch Arkaig Pine Forest free?
Loch Arkaig Pine Forest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hill Lists or Loch Arkaig Pine Forest have ads?
Neither Hill Lists nor Loch Arkaig Pine Forest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hill Lists or Loch Arkaig Pine Forest?
Hill Lists ships an update every 3 months, and Loch Arkaig Pine Forest every 33 months. Most recently, Hill Lists was updated on October 29, 2026 and Loch Arkaig Pine Forest on October 16, 2026.

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